I’m completely starstruck by Sandra Nickel’s new NF picture book: The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe Illus. Aimée Sicuro / Abrams releasing March 2, 2021 Click here to view trailer. I was hooked from the start by the lyrical title of Sandra Nickel’s #must-read NF picture book biography,… Read more »
Happy Book Birthday to Stacia Deutsch’ The Story of Jim Henson: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) / Rockridge Press/ Jan. 12, 2021. Stacia Deutsch is the NYT Bestselling author of 300+ #Kidlit books—from junior movie tie-ins, Boxcar Children mysteries, LEGO novels, and most recently biographies…. Read more »
Happy (Almost) Book birthday to Vivian Kirkfield’s collective biography of inventors who didn’t take impossible for an answer. FROM HERE TO THERE: INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAY THE WORLD MOVES (HMH / Illus. Gilbert Ford/ January 19, 2021) A JLG SELECTION Check out the reviews! “These innovations in transportation should inspire readers to go far….Educators…
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Thanks to everyone who shared and shopped selections from our 2020 Recommended Picture Books List. For those wondering what books to give the older kids on your list… Check out these must-read 2020 books for Middle Grade / Young Adult Yes, there are many other titles out there. (Feel free to add them in the… Read more »
Since November means #hockey, and we had such fun celebrating Angie Bullaro’s debut picture book BREAKING THE ICE, (Simon & Schuster / Paula Wiseman Books / Illus. C.F.Payne) why not kick off the season with Part 2 of her interview? BREAKING THE ICE is a nonfiction picture book about Manon Rhéaume, the first and only woman… Read more »
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